INDIA INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, SHIBPUR

SYLLABI FOR OPEN ELECTIVE SUBJECTS

AEROSPACE AND APPLIED MECHANICS DEPARTMENT

Finite Element Method (AE721/1)

Contact Period : 3L per week Full Marks : 100 [Credit – 03]

Prerequisite: Fundamentals of Mechanics, Calculus, Matrix Algebra, Elementary numerical
methods, Adequate familiarity with computer

Sl Article No. of
No. Classes
1 Overview of Finite Element Method (FEM): Basic concept; Historical 03
background; Engineering applications; Introduction to Displacement, Force
and Mixed Formulations.
2 Basic procedure : Discretization – Basic element shapes, Node numbering 08
scheme; Interpolation model - Order of polynomial, Generalized and Natural
co-ordinates, Convergence requirement, Patch test; Illustrations.
3 Derivation of Characteristic Matrices : Introduction to Direct approach, 10
Variational approach (Raleigh-Ritz) and Weighted Residual Approach
(Collocation, Least Square, Galerkin); Derivation of Finite Element
equations using Variational and Weighted Residual Approach; Introduction
to Strong and Weak Form formulation; Illustrations.
4 Assembly and Derivation of System Equations : Co-ordinate 06
Transformation; Assemblage; Substitution of Boundary Conditions.
5 Numerical Solution of FEM Equations : Introduction to Band solver and 09
Skyline technique; Applications to Equilibrium and Eigen value problems
6 Concluding Remarks: Comparison with other established numerical 04
methods; Introduction to popular FEM packages.
Total 40

Books recommended:

• “The Finite Element Method” by S. S. Rao

• “An Introduction to The Finite Element Method” by J. N. Reddy
• “Fundamentals of Finite Element Analysis” by D. V. Hutton
 Advanced Vibration (AE721/2)

Contact Period : 3L per week Full Marks : 100 [Credit – 03]

Sl Article No. of
No. Classes
1 1. INTRODUCTION: Introduction to vibration in engineering 03
systems; Lumped parameter systems.

2 1. VIBRATION OF ONE DIMENSIONAL CONTINUOUS 17

SYSTEMS: Equations of motion Newtonian approach; Variational
formulation. Free and forced vibrations. Modal analysis. Special
topics and application.

3 1. NONLINEAR VIBRATIONS: Phase plane; Equilibrium solutions; 20

Limit cycles; Linear stability analysis; Averaging and perturbation
methods. Chaos.

Total 40

Books recommended:
P. Srinivasan, Nonlinear Mechanical Vibrations, New Age International, New Delhi
S. S. Rao, Mechanical Vibrations,Pearson Education, New Delhi
W. T. Thompson, Theory of Vibration with Applications, George Allen
 Numerical Methods and Computational Tools (AE531/1)

Contact Period : 3L per week Full Marks : 100 [Credit – 03]

Prerequisite : Elementary knowledge of mathematics

Sl. Article No. of

classes
1. Solution for linear systems of equation: 12
Elementary definitions related to matrix operation – consistency of the system –
direct methods of solution (inversion, Gauss method, Gauss-Jordan method, LU
decomposition, Cholesky decomposition) – ill conditioned system – iterative
methods and convergence study (Gauss-Siedel method, Jacobi method) –
application to physical systems and development of codes using s/w tools.
Solution for nonlinear system of equations: Newton’s vector method
2. Eigen values and eigen vectors: 04
Characteristic polynomials – direct power method – Jacobi method – application
to physical systems and development of codes using using s/w tools.
3. Numerical differentiation and integration: 04
FD approximation and error analysis – trapezoidal method and Simpson’s method
– adaptive quadrature
4. Solution to ODE: 05
Euler’s method – 2nd & 4th Runge-Kutta method – Adams-Bashforth-Moulton
predictor corrector method – error estimation – application to physical systems
and development of codes using s/w tools.
5. Solution to PDE: 04
Equation classification – solution to equation (central difference method, Jacobi
method, iterative method, Gauss-Siedel method, SOR method) – application to
physical systems and development of codes using s/w tools.
6. Finite element method: 15
Definition – element characteristic matrix (direct, variation, weighted residual) –
natural and geometric boundary condition – Rayleigh-Ritz approach – element
assembly – matrix sparsity and solution – shape function and degree of continuity
– natural coordinates – Gauss quadrature – isoparametric formulation & different
elements – briefing on discretisation error
Total 44

Books recommended:

1. Numerical methods using MATLAB, Mathews & Fink, PHI

2. Introductory methods of numerical analysis, Sastry, PHI
3. Concepts and applications of finite element analysis, Cook et al., John Wiley & Sons
  
 

Modelling and Simulation (CE 731/1)

Weekly Contact: 3-0-0 Pre-requisite: CE-501 & 601 Full Marks: 100 Credits: 3

Sl. Topic No. of hours

No. / lectures
1 Introduction to concept of System, its boundary, components and 4
interaction, classifications
2 System Modelling: introduction, need and classification, concept 8
of mathematical modelling of physical systems and phenomena
with examples, concept of model building
3 Differential Equations for modelling of engineering system and 8
phenomena, introduction to computational approach of solution
4 Concept of Simulation of System, Stochastic Simulation 6
5 Curve Fitting, Metamodeling Approaches 6
6 Introduction to Optimization concept, Model Updating 4
Total 36

Suggested Reading:
1. Modelling and Simulation of System using MATLAB and Simulink, DK Chaturvedi, CRC
Press.
2. Principles of Mathematical Modelling, Clive L. Dym,Elsevier Academic Press.
3. Simulation and The Monte Carlo Method, Reuven Y. Rubinstein, Dirk P. Kroese,
Wiley-Interscience Press.
 Principles  of  Slope  Stability  Analysis   [CE  731/2]  

Weekly  contact  3-­‐0-­‐0  (L  -­‐T  -­‐S)     Prerequisite:  CE  603   Full  Marks:  100     Credit:  3  

Sl.   Topic   Conta

No.   ct  hours  
1   Introduction,  natural  and  man-­‐made  slopes,  causes  of  slope  failures   2  
2   Infinite   slopes   –   Definition,   mode   of   failure,   limit   equilibrium,   analysis   of  
3  
cohesionless  and  cohesive  slopes  with  and  without  seepage  occurring  
3   Finite   slopes   –   Modes   of   failure,   slip   surfaces   of   specific   shapes,   general   slip  
2  
surfaces  
4   Analysis  of  finite  slopes  based  on  limit  equilibrium  principles   -­‐  Methods  of  Slices  
2  
–  Unknowns  and  Equations,  
5   Ordinary   method   of   slices,   Bishop   simplified   method,   Spencer   method   for  
5  
circular  slip  surfaces  
6   Methods  of  slices  valid  for  general  slip  surfaces  –  Spencer  method   3  
7   Stability  Analyses  for  Critical  stages  in  the  life  of  an  earth  dam     4  
8   Pseudo-­‐static  approach  of  slope  stability  analysis  under  seismic  loading   3  
9   Determination  of  Critical  slip  surfaces  using  optimization  techniques   4  
10   Use  of  Slope  Stability  Charts  –  Taylor’s  charts,  Bishop  and  Morgenstern  Charts   3  
11   Stability  Analysis  of  Geotextile  Reinforced  Soil  Slopes  based  on  Limit  Equilibrium  
5  
Principles.  
  Total   36  

Suggested  Readings  
1.  Fundamentals  of  Soil  Mechanics—D.W.  Taylor  
2.  Soil  Mechanics  –  T.W.  Lambe  and  R.V.  Whitman  
3.  Soil  Mechanics  –  R.  F.  Craig  
4.  Geotechnical  Earthquake  Engineering  –  S.L.  Kramer  
5.  Geotechnical  Slope  Analysis  –  R.  Chowdhury,  P.  Flentje  and  G.  Bhattacharya  
6.  Designing  with  Geosynthetics  –  R.M.  Koerner  
 Environmental Management (CE – 731/4 )

Weekly contact 3-0-0 (L -T -S) Prerequisite: None Full Marks: 100

Credit: 3

Sl. Module Name & Topics No. of

No. Lectures
1. Industrial activity and the environment – air pollution, solid waste, 4
hazardous waste, water pollution, energy usage, resource depletion
2. Environmental Regulations and International Protocols 4

3. Life cycle assessment – stages in product LCA, LCA methodology, 4

application of LCA
4. Environmental Impact Assessment – purpose of EIA, steps in EIA, 4
Environmental impact statement, impact indicators
5. Environmental Audit – types of environmental audit, EA methodology 4
6. Pollution prevention planning and Improved manufacturing 4
operations
7. Design for the environment – benefits, ED for manufactured products, 4
ED for buildings, ED for developmental planning
8. Environmental Management System – core elements of EMS, 4
documentation for EMS, implementation of EMS
9. Toward a sustainable society – what is sustainability, hurdles to 4
sustainability, a framework for sustainability,achieving sustainable
development
Total = 36

Suggested readings:
• Bishop, P.L. Pollution Prevention : Fundamentals and Practice. McGraw-Hill. ISBN 0-07-
366147-3
• Kulkarni, V. and Ramachandra, T.V. Environmental Management. TERI Press. ISBN 978-
81-7993-184-4
 Introduction to Geographic Information System (CE 531/1)

Weekly contact: 2 - 1– 0 Prerequisite: NIL Full Marks: 100 [Credit: 3]

 
Sl.   Module  Name  and  Topics   No.  of  
No.   Lectures  
1.   Introduction:   Information   System,   Geographic   Information  
System,  GIS  database,  GIS  data  type,  GIS  data  models   05  
 

2.   Raster   and   Vector   data:   Introduction   about   raster   and   vector  

data,   Raster   Encoding   methods,   Shape   of   the   earth,  
Transformation,  Vectorization   06  
 

3.   Attribute   database   and   overlay:   Attribute   data,   Relations,   GIS  

functionality,   Spatial   Query,   Vector   data   query,   Overlay,   Buffer,  
Network  theory   08  
 
4.   GIS  analysis:  Thematic  maps,  Spatial  statistics,  Model  building  
06  
 
5.   Remote  Sensing  and  Digital  Image  Processing:  Remote  Sensing,  
Use   of   Electromagnetic   spectrum   in   remote   sensing,   Process   of  
remote   sensing,   Image   Processing,   Applications   of   Remote   07  
Sensing  
 
6.   Applications  of  GIS  in  various  fields  of  Engineering  
04  
  TOTAL:     36  
 
Suggested Readings:
• Pandey, J and Pathak, D,“Geographic Information System”, The Energy and
Resources Institute Press.
• Lo, C.P. and Yeung, Albert, “Concepts and Techniques of Geographic Information
Systems”, Prentice Hall.
 

Climate Change Impact Analysis (CE 504/2)

Weekly contact: 2 - 1– 0 Prerequisite: CE 1201 Full Marks: 100 Credit: 3

Sl.   Module  Name  and  Topics   No.  of  

No.   Lectures  
1.   General overview of climate change problem and impacts on societies
and ecosystems, Overview of different aspects involved in climate
change impact investigation  
 

2.   Historical trend testing, separation of trends from natural variability

 
3.   Introduction to climate models, greenhouse gas scenarios and climate
model simulations, On the time and space scale gaps between climate
model outputs and impact analysis needs, Access and processing of  
climate model outputs from public databases
  On the needs for statistical downscaling and bias correction: introduction
on methods, Methods for statistical downscaling and bias correction:
Delta change method, Weather typing/ Resampling, Rainfall generator  
method, Application of delta change and weather generator method for
hydrological impact analysis of climate change
  Climate scenario development, Methods for impact analysis of climate
change, Climate adaptation needs & Decision making under uncertainty  

  TOTAL:     36  

Suggested Readings:
• P.  P.  Mujumdar  and  D.  Nagesh  Kumar.  (2012)  Floods  in  a  Changing  Climate:  
Hydrologic  Modeling,      
• Mondal,  A.  and  P.  P.  Mujumdar  (2015),  Hydrologic  Extremes  under  Climate  Change:  
Non-­‐stationarity  and  Uncertainty,  In.  Sustainable  Water  Resources  Planning  and  
Management  under  Climate  Change,.  
• Willems,  P.,  Olsson,  J.,  Arnbjerg-­‐Nielsen,  K.,  Beecham,  S.,  Pathirana,  A.,  Bülow  
Gregersen,  I.,  Madsen,  H.,  Nguyen,  V-­‐T-­‐V.  (2012),  ‘Impacts  of  climate  change  on  
rainfall  extremes  and  urban  drainage’.  
 Uncertainty Quantification in Engineering (CE 531/3)

Weekly contact: 2 - 1– 0 Prerequisite: NIL Full Marks: 100 Credit: 3

Sl.   Module  Name  and  Topics   No.  of  

No.   Lectures  
1.   Introduction:
Why uncertainty Quantification?
Sources and types of Uncertainty 6 hours  
Verification and Validation, Error vs Uncertainty
Sensitivity Analysis vs. Uncertainty Quantification  

2.   Uncertainty Quantification :
Data Analysis: Probabilistic and Possibilistic descriptions 8 hours  

3.   Uncertainty Propagation:
Probabilistic Uncertainty Propagation:
Moment based perturbation approach of uncertainty 4  
quantification  
8  
 
Brute Force Monte Carlo Simulation and advanced simulation
 
methods
6  
Introduction to possibilistic approach of uncertainty analysis  
 
4  
Introduction Bayesian method of Uncertainty Analysis
 
  TOTAL:     36  

Suggested Readings:

§ T. T. Soong, Fundamentals of probability and statistics for engineers, John Wiley &
Sons Ltd
§ H-S. Ang, W. H. Tang Probability Concepts in Engineering: Emphasis on
Applications to Civil and Environmental Engineering, John Wiley & Sons Ltd
§ Achintya Haldar and Sankaran Mahadevan, Probability, Reliability, and Statistical
Methods in Engineering Design John Wiley & Sons Ltd
  

Database Management Techniques (CS 531/1)

Weekly contact: 3-0-0 Credit : 3 Full Marks :100

Sl. Module Name and Topics No. of

No. Hours
1 Database(DB), Database Management Systems (DBMS), Database Systems versus File 3
Systems, DB users, DB Administrators, 3-Level Architecture of DBMS, Data
Independence, Integrity, Consistency.
2 Data Models (ER Model): Constraints, Cardinality Constraints, Weak-Entity Types, 6
Subclasses and Inheritance, Specialization and Generalization, Case Studies on E-R
model
3 Data Model (Relational Model):ER to Relational mapping, Relational Algebra, Query 8
language SQL, Views, Integrity constraints, Specifying indexes, Embedded SQL.
4 Normalization and its importance, Functional Dependencies, 1NF to BCNF, Lossless 8
decomposition, Dependency Preservation, Canonical cover of a Functional Dependency
Set etc.
5 Issues in DBMS implementation: Security, Recovery and concurrency control, 8
transaction management
6 Data Ananysis: Data preprocessing, Clustering, Classification, case study 7
Total 40

Object Oriented Programming Paradigm (CS531/2)

Weekly contact: 3-0-0 Credit : 3 Full Marks :100

Sl. Module Name and Topics No. of

No Hours
1 Introduction: Evolution of Object Oriented (OO) Methodology, Basic Concepts 2
of OO Approach, Comparison of Object Oriented and Procedure Oriented
Approaches , Benefits of OOPs
2 Classes and objects: encapsulation, create objects, constructors, overloading 3
constructors, Argument passing, returning objects etc.
3 Inheritance and Polymorphism: Multiple inheritance, Multilevel Inheritance, 14
hierarchical inheritance, base and derived classes, Access Control, virtual base
class, Operator and function Overloading, Abstract Classes, Runtime
Polymorphism
4. Exceptions Handling: Exception handling using try-catch and finally clause, type 3
of exceptions, throwing exceptions etc.
5 Introduction to UML: Use case diagram, Class diagram, object diagram, activity 8
diagram, interaction diagram.
6 Case studies: Object Oriented Design, analysis and implementation of any real 8
life problem
Total 38
 Management Information Systems (CS731/1)

Weekly contact: 3-0-0 Credit : 3 Full Marks :100

Sl. Module Name and Topics No. of

No. Hours
1 Systems Concept – Characteristics, Types, Boundaries, Subsystems 2
2 Organizational system, Information System 2
3 Systems Approach to Management, Management Information Systems (MIS) 4
and its Role in Organization
4 Types and Functions of MIS, MIS tools 4
5 Feedback and Control in Information Systems, Feed-Forward Control 3

6 Information Quality and Information Value Chain 3

7 Models used in MIS such as CSF, Strategic Planning, Management Control 3
Model
8 Basic Design Concepts for MIS oriented applications 6
9 Decision making Process: Structured and Unstructured, Concepts of DSS, ES, 6
KBS, etc.
10 Socio Technical Aspects of MIS 3
Total 36
 Soft Computing (CS731/2)

Weekly contact: 3-0-0 Credit : 3 Full Marks :100

Sl. Module Name and topics No. of

No. Hours
1 Overview: Motivation, Computational Intelligence 1
2 Fuzzy Sets and Systems: Crisp set and Fuzzy set, Membership functions, 8
Operations on fuzzy sets, Properties of fuzzy sets, Fuzzy Relations, Fuzzy
Measures, Fuzzy Arithmetic, Fuzzy extension principle, Approximate
Reasoning, Fuzzy implication functions, Fuzzy Inference Systems, Type-2 fuzzy
sets, Applications.
3 Artificial Neural Networks: Fundamental concepts of neural networks, Basic 9
models and learning rules, Supervised learning, Perceptron Learning Rules,
Back propagation network, Unsupervised learning, Hebbian learning, Self-
Organizing feature map, Radial Basis function network, Recurrent neural
network, current topics: Deep Learning, Applications.
4 Optimization methods 8

Genetic Algorithms: Basic concepts of genetic algorithms, encoding, Genetic

Operators, Fitness function, genetic modeling, Applications

Particle Swarm Optimization: Basic Concepts, Local Best, Global Best,

Velocity Updation, Position Updation, Variant of PSO, Applications

Differential Evaluation: Basic Concept, Initialization of vectors, Target Vector,

Donor Vector, Selection, Mutation, Crossover, Control Parameters, Applications

Ant colony optimization and current topics

5 Rough Set Theory: Decision Systems, Indiscernibility Relation, 5
Inconsistency, Lower and Upper Approximation, Rough Set, Attribute
dependency, Attribute Reduction, Discernibility matrix, Reduct and Core,
Applications of Rough Set Theory:- dimensionality Reduction, Feature
Selection, Classifier.
6 Hybrid Systems: Integration of Artificial neural networks, Fuzzy logic, Rough 4
set Theory and Evolutionary Algorithms, Applications
Total 35
 ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
Electricity Conservation and Environment Management (EE-731/1)

Sl. Module Name and topics No. of

No. Hours
1 Introduction  :    Concept  of  energy,  energy  scenario,  conversion  of  energy  to  electrical  form,   8
energy  and  society,  review  of  conventional  and  non-­‐conventional  energy  sources  and  
their  potential,  electrical  energy  generation,  distribution  and  utilization    pattern.  
2 Pollution   and   Control:   Type  of  atmospheric   pollution   (air,   water,   noise,   radiation,   etc).     5
Industry  wise  pollutants,  pollution  from  conventional    power  generating  stations/  sources,  
&  automobile,  pollution  from  nuclear  power  and  uses  of  PV  cells
3 Environmental  Analysis:    Environmental  change,  ecosystem,  resource  depletion,   5
effects,  Land  use  -­‐  Government  action  and  Environmental  Organization
4 Electrical   Energy   utilization:       Concept   of   energy   efficiency   of   electrical   appliances.     3
Installation,  repair  and  general  maintenance  of  appliances  for  efficiency  improvement.
5 Energy   Management:   Load   dispatch   mechanism   and   energy   management   at   8
regional  and  national  level,  load  scheduling,  SCADA  and  EMS.

6 Conservation Methods:   Institutional   role   of   energy   conservation,   related   case   4

studies. In transmission and distribution, electric power drives, traction, lighting,
heating, refrigeration and air conditioning, agricultural appliances.
Energy   Conservation   &   Environment   Protection   policy:   General   awareness   energy  
police  and  planning  economics  of  energy  management,  Kyoto  protocol,  CDM,  Carbon  
Capture  and  related  topics    
Total 35
 Illumination Engineering (EE-731/2)

Contact Period: 3-0-0 Credit : 3 Full Marks: 100

Sl. Module Name and topics No. of
No. Hours
1 Sources of light : Day light, artificial light source; energy radiation, visible
[04]
spectrum of radiation, black body radiation and full radiator.
2 Incandescence: Dependence of light output on temperature. Theory of gas
[03]
discharge and production of light.
3 Perception of light and colour: optical system of human eye as visual
[04]
processor, Reflection, refraction and other behaviours of light.
4 Measurement of light – radiometric and photometric quantities and their units
of measurement. Standardization, measurement of light distribution, direct &
[06]
diffused reflection, fundamental concept of colourimeters and measurement of
colour.
5 Types of lamps : GLS Tungsten – halogen, Discharge, low pressure sodium
vapour, high pressure sodium mercury vapour, fluorescent, Metal – halide, IR
and UV lamps, their construction, filament material, theory of operation, life, [09]
characteristics and application Xenon Lamps, LED lamps, Fibre Optic and Laser
Lighting.
6 Luminaires: Basic lighting design consideration and lighting parameters for
[07]
exterior lighting, interior lighting and day lighting. Case Studies.
7 Energy conservation in lighting. [03]
Total 36
 Elements of Control Systems (EE531/1)

Weekly Contact: 3-0-0 [Credit 3] Full Marks 100

Sl. Module Name and topics No. of

No. Hours
1 Introduction:
Need for control, elementary control system (block diagram), open and closed 2
loop control systems – basic concepts
2 Mathematical Models of Physical Systems:
Need for mathematical modelling, differential equation-based mathematical
models, transfer-function based modelling – concepts of poles and zeros, types 5
& order of systems etc, block diagram algebra and block diagram reduction
techniques
3 Time Response Analysis:
Introduction; Standard test signals – Impulse, Step and Ramp Inputs; Time-
response of first and second order systems; Steady state errors and error- 5
constants; Design specifications for a standard second order system;
performance-indices
4 Concepts of Stability and Algebraic Criteria: Concept of stability – ZI and
BIBO stability, necessary conditions for stability; Routh Stability Criterion; 4
Relative stability analysis
5 The Root Locus Technique: Basic concept; Construction of Root Loci; Root
5
Contours – Examples
6 Frequency Response Analysis: Introduction; Correlation between time and
frequency response; Polar Plots; Bode-Plots – basic construction rules – 6
Examples; Experimental determination of transfer function
7. Closed Loop Controllers: Closed loop control using: (a) P, P-I and P-I-D
6
controllers, (b) Lead, Lag and Lead-Lag Compensators – Examples
8. Practical Control Systems: Components of a practical control system –
sensors, controllers, actuators – Examples; Micro-computer based control 3
systems – a brief introduction; Few case studies
Total 36
 INFORMATION TECHNLOGY

Multimedia Systems (IT  531/1)

Weekly contact period: 3 – 0 – 0 Full Marks: 100

Sl. Module Name and Topics No. of

No. Classes
1. Introduction to Multimedia , Elements of Multimedia, Properties of 2
multimedia system, Categories, Features, Application, Convergence of
Multimedia System
2. Image: 8
Raster and Vector, Types of image, Digital image representation, Color
model, Image negation, change of dynamic range, Histogram,
File system (TIFF, BMP, PCX, GIF etc.), System Architecture
Compression:
Advantages, disadvantages, Spatial and temporal redundancies, Lossless and
Lossy compression, DPCM, Lampel-Ziv, Huffman coding, Arithmetic
coding, GIF, JPEG.
3. Audio: 6
Sound wave, Physical characteristic, Musical note, Components of Audio
System, Microphone: moving coil, condenser, Amplifier: class A Class B,
Speaker, Synthesizer, MIDI. Sound card, Digital Audio processing.
4. Video: 4
Luminance & Chrominance, Luma and Chroma, Chroma Sub-sampling,
Television Systems PAL, NTSC, Video Nomenclature HDTV, EDTV,
Video Quality and Performance Measurements, Digital Video Processing
Video capture, Video processing AVO/AVI file formats.
5. MPEG standard Hypertext, hyper media. Virtual Reality and multimedia. 2

7. Animation: 2
Key frame and Tweening, Cell Animation, Rotoscoping, Stop-Motion
Animation, Motion Cycling, Computer Based Animation, Path based
animation, Client pull and server push,
7 Multimedia devices- Display devices, Optical Devices, CCD, Camera, 2
DVD, Scanners
8 Multimedia Database-Image Representation, Segmentation, Similarity based 6
retrieval, Image retrieval by color, Shape & texture, indexing –K-d-tree, R-
tree, Video Content, Quad tree, Querying, Video Segmentation, Indexing.
Total: 32
References:
1) R. Steinmetz, K. Nahrstedt, “Multimedia Systems”, Springer Science &
Business Media.
2) J.F.K, Buford, Multimedia Systems, ACM Press.
3) Sloane, Multimedia Communication, McGraw Hill.
4) Boyle, Design for Multimedia Learning Prentice Hall.
5) B Prabhakaran, Kluwer, Multimedia Database Management Systems, Springer.
 Computational Geometry (IT 721/1)
Prerequisite(s): Concepts of Computer Graphics, Data Structures and Algorithms

Weekly contact: 3-0-0 F.M.: 100

Sl. No. Module Name and Topics No. of

Classes
1. Computational Geometry: Introduction, degeneracy and 3
robustness, Application domains
2. Orthogonal range searching (in brief): kd-tree, range tree, 6
Lower Bounds on Algebraic tree model and Geometric data
structures (DCEL)
3. The Maximal Points Problem (closest pair and farthest pair), 3
Geometric searching, Slab method, Range searching
4. Point Location and Triangulation, triangulating monotone 4
polygon
5. Convex Hull, Different Paradigms, Voronoi Diagram and 6
Delaunay Triangulation, and Quickhull
6. Line segment intersection, Linear programming, Intersection 5
of convex polygons, planes
7. Clustering Point Sets using Quadtrees and Applications 2
8. Introduction using Basic Visibility Problems, visibility graph 3
and edge and applications to robot path planning
9. Shape Analysis and Shape Comparison 3
10 Intersection and union of rectangles and largest empty space 2
recognition
11. Some applications and case studies 3
Total 40

References:

1. Computational Geometry: Algorithms and Applications, Authors: de Berg, M., Cheong,

O., van Kreveld, M., Overmars, M.

2. Computational Geometry - An Introduction, Authors: Preparata, Franco P., Shamos, Michae

3. Discrete and Computational Geometry, Satyan L. Devadoss& Joseph O'Rourke

 MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Power Plant Engineering (ME-731/1)

Contact Period: 3-0-0 Credit: 3 Full Marks -100

Serial Topics No. of

No. Lectures
1. Introduction to Thermal Power Plants, Site selection and Plant layout, Material 03
estimation for thermal power plant, Basic thermodynamic cycles for thermal
power plants

2. Steam power plant: heat losses and heat balance, efficiency and heat rates 03

3. Power station boilers: subcritical and supercritical steam generation, 04

circulation and draught systems, superheaters, coal mills, air heaters,

4. Condenser and cooling tower, Water treatment, coal and ash handling 05
systems, dust collecting devices
5. Operation and control of steam power plant: Drum level, steam temperature, 05
air flow and air pressure, combustion, deaerator and hot well level
6. Combined cycles: series and parallel cycles, Binary vapour cycle. 03
Integrated Gasification Combined cycle. Combined heat and power.
Emission from thermal power plants and its control, other environmental 03
aspects of thermal power generation
7. Fluctuating loads in power plants and terminologies involved in 04
connection to fluctuating load, Economic analysis of power plants;
payback period, cost of electricity and tariffs
8. Hydel power: Hydro electric power plant. Site selection and plant layout. Run 05
off and measurement, Hydrograph, Flow duration curve and mass curve.
Storage type power plant, pump storage plant, Mini and Micro Hydel plants.
Components of hydel plants, Dam-Types, Spillways and hydraulic turbines.

9. Nuclear power: Nuclear reactions, Types of reactors: PWR, BWR, 04

PHWR, Liquid metal cooled reactor, Fast Breeder Reactor, safety and
associated environmental issues
Total 39

Text Books
Power Plant Engineering, P.K.Nag.
Power Plant Engineering, V.M. Domkundwar.
Reference Books
Power Plant Technology, W. Culp
Power Plant Technology, M. El. Wakil.
Power Plant Technology, Black & Vetch
 COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS (ME 731/2)

Contact Period: 3-0-0 Credit – 3 Full Marks : 100

Sl Topics No. of lectureS
No.
1 Introduction: Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and its 02
development, Applications of CFD, Advantages and limitations of
CFD, Comparison with analytical method and experimental studies.
2 Governing Equations in CFD: Conservation of mass, Chemical 04
species, Energy equation, Momentum equation, Turbulence - Kinetic
energy equation, Boundary conditions.
3 Discretization: Structure of discretization equation, Different methods 04
of getting discretized equations, Taylor series formulation, Variational
formulation, Method of weighted residuals, Control volume
formulation.
4 Finite Difference Method: Application in 1-D and 2-D heat 08
conduction problems, Solution of simultaneous linear algebraic
equations, Thomas algorithm or TDMA (Tri - Diagonal Matrix
Algorithm), Explicit, Crank - Nicolson and fully implicit schemes for
unsteady conduction problem.
5 Applications of Finite Difference Method in Convection and 12
Diffusion problems: Steady one dimensional problem, Different finite
difference schemes like central difference, upwind scheme,
Exponential scheme, Hybrid scheme, Power law scheme, Comparison
of different schemes, Discretization for 2-D and 3-D problems.
6 Flow Field and Temperature Distribution Calculations: Grid 06
structure, Staggered and non-staggered grid arrangement, SIMPLE
algorithm.
7 Code development in CFD and its validation, Brief knowledge about 06
the available commercial CFD codes.
Total 42

Text Books :

1. Numerical Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow by Suhas V. Patankar, Hemisphere publishing
corporation, 1980.
2. An Introduction to Computational Fluid Dynamics: The Finite Volume Method by H. K.
Versteeg and W. Malalasekera, Pearson Educational Limited, Second Edition, 2007.

Reference Books :

1. Computational Fluid Dynamics: The Basic with Applications by John D. Anderson,

Jr. - McGraw Hill, Inc., 1995.
2. Computational Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer, Third Edition by By Richard H.
Pletcher, John C. Tannehill, Dale Anderson, CRC Press, 2013.
 SOLAR ENERGY AND ITS APPLICATIONS (ME - 531/1)

Weekly Contact Period: 3-0-0 Full Marks: 100 (Credit: 3)

Sl. Topics No. of

No. periods
1. Solar radiation: Introduction, Sun as the source of radiation, Solar 06
constant, Spectral distribution of extraterrestrial radiation, Variation
of extraterrestrial radiation.
2. Classification of solar radiation: Beam solar radiation, Diffuse solar 02
radiation, Global solar radiation.
3. Solar radiation geometry: Latitude of location, Declination, Hour 05
angle, Slope of surface, Altitude angle, Zenith angle, Solar azimuth
angle, Local solar time, Equation of time.
4. Estimation of solar radiation: Average daily global radiation, 08
Average daily diffuse radiation, Hourly global radiation, Hourly
diffuse radiation, Angle of incidence on horizontal surface, Angle of
incidence on inclined surface, Computation of solar radiation on
tilted surface.
5. Measurements of solar radiation: Pyranometer, Pyrheliometer, 05
Sunshine recorder, Spectral measurements, Calibration and
standardization of measuring instruments.
6. Solar thermal applications: Basic overview of solar collectors, Solar 08
water heating, Solar cooking, Solar desalination, Solar drying of food
products, Solar energy for industrial process heat, Solar active
heating of buildings, Solar passive heating of buildings, Solar
greenhouses, Solar refrigeration.
7. Solar photovoltaic: Fundamentals of photovoltaic conversion, 06
Efficiency of solar cells, Solar modules and array, Balance of system
(BOS), Standalone system, Grid independent system, Grid interactive
system, Photovoltaic applications.
Total 40

Text Books:
1. Solar Energy Fundamentals and Applications by H. P. Garg and J. Prakash, Tata Mc Graw-Hill
Publishing Company Limited.
2. Solar Energy Fundamentals, Design, Modelling and Applications by G. N. Tiwari, Narosa Publishing
House.

Reference Books:
1. Solar Energy: Principles of Thermal Collection and Storage by S. P. Sukhatme and J.K.Nayak, Tata
Mc Graw-Hill Publishing Company Limited.
2. Solar Engineering of Thermal Processes by John A. Duffie and William A. Beckman, John Wiley and
Sons, Inc.
 INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT (ME-531/2)

Weekly Contact Period: 3-0-0 Full Marks: 100 (Credit: 3)

Sl. Topics No. of

No. periods
1. Principles of Management: Unity of direction, Unity of command, 03
Authority and responsibility, Span of control, Delegation of
authority, Motivation, Leadership, Policy, Committee.
2. Functions of a Manager: Planning, Organizing, Staffing, Controlling, 03
Direction, Innovation and representation.
3. Organization Structure. 03
4. Plant location, Plant layout and line balancing. 03
5. Inventory Control: EOQ, ABC analysis, LIFO, FIFO. 04
6. Production planning and control: Bar chart, Gantt chart, Sales 04
forecasting.
7. Incentives scheme, Merit rating and job evaluation. 04
8. Statistical quality control: A brief introduction on SQC, Definition of 06
quality, Various tools and techniques used in SQC, OC curve,
Sampling theory, Process control charts and their applications.
9. Work study and work measurement, Principles of motion economy, 04
SIMO chart, Man machine chart.
10. Network analysis. 03
11. Maintenance policy and reliability engineering. 03
12. Industrial law: Safety rules, Industrial dispute act, factory act, strikes. 02
Total 42

Text Books:
1. Industrial Engineering and Management by O. P. Khanna, Dhanpat Rai Publications.
2. Production Systems: Planning, Analysis, and Control by James L. Riggs, John Willey and Sons.

Reference Books:
1. Factory and Production Management by K.G.Lockyer, The ELBS and Pitman Publishing.
2. Production and Operations Management by S.N.Chary, Tata McGraw – Hill, New Delhi
3. Statistical Quality Control by Grant and Leavenworth, 7th Edition, Tata Mcgraw Hill

METALLURGY AND MATERIALS ENGINEERING

 Metal Forming (ME - 703/3)

Contact Period : 3-0-0 CREDIT: 3 Full Marks : 100

Sl Topics No. of lecture

No. periods
1. Elastic and plastic stress-strain relation and deformation behaviour, 05
Fundamentals of plasticity, yield and flow, instability and
anisotropy
2. Modelling techniques for metal forming processes 04
3. Hot, warm and cold working, recrystallization, grain structure and 02
lubrication
4. Forging.  (process  details  and  power  calculation) 05
5. Wire and tube drawing,   deep drawing (process   details   and   05
power  calculation)
6. Rolling   (terminology,   types,   process   control   and   power   07
calculation)
7. Extrusion.  (process  details  and  power  calculation) 06
8. Sheet metal forming process : Process terminology, types, 06
Tool and dies, power estimation and springback calculation
Total 40

Text Book :
1. Mechanical Metallurgy : G.E.Dieter, McGraw Hill Company

Reference Books :

1. Manufacturing Processes for Engineering Materials by S.Kalpakjain & S.R. Schmid,

Pearson (Delhi) Publication.
2. Modelling techniques for metal forming processes by G.K. Lal, P.M.Dixit, N.Venkata
Reddy. Narosa Publication
3. Principles of Industrial Metalworking processes.- G.W. Rowe, CBS Publishers, N.Delhi

MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT
 Operations Research (MA-731/1)

Weekly contact periods: 2-1-0 Full Marks: 100 Credit – 3

Sl. Module and Topics No. of

No. Lecturer
Classes
1. Duality: Concept of duality- Formulation of primal- dual 8
problems, Rules for forming dual problem from a primal
problem in l.p.p., Fundamental properties of duality, Duality
and simplex method.
2. Transportation Problem: Introduction, Mathematical model 7
of transportation problem, Finding initial basic feasible
solution, Optimality test unbalanced transportation problem.
3. Assignment Problem: Introduction, Mathematical formulation 6
of assignment problem, Solution of an assignment problem,
Unbalanced assignment problem, The travelling salesman
problem.
4. Integer Programming: Introduction, Gomory’s cutting plane 5
method for solution of integer programming problem, Branch
and bound method for solution integer programming problem.
5. Sensitivity Analysis: Introduction, Changes in the cost 8
parameters, Changes in the requirement parameters, Addition
and deletion of a new variable, Addition and deletion of a new
constraints.
6. Non-linear Programming: Introduction, Lagranges method 8
for solution of a non-linear programming problem, Non-linear
programming with equality and inequality constraints, Khun-
Tucker conditions, Solutions using KTP conditions.
First half: Sl. No. 1,2,3 Second half: Sl. No.4,5,6 42

Suggested Reading: (1) Operations Research – H. Taha (2) Operations Research – R.

Panneerselvam (3) Operations Research – P. K. Gupta (S. Chand)

Classical and Quantum Information Theory (MA-731/2)

Weekly contact periods: 2-1-0 Full Marks: 100 Credit – 3

Sl. Module and Topics No. of

No. Lecturer
Classes
1. Classical Information Theory: Probability spaces, 8
Characterization of information by Shannon’s entropy. Basic
properties of entropy, entropy rate, conditional entropy and
information, Relative entropy.
2. Types of Channels: Information channels, stationery 5
properties of channels. Data processing inequality.
3. Mathematical Background of Quantum Information: The 8
description of Ket vectors. Operator theory in Ket space.
Quantum evolution operator, Quantum measurement.
4. Classical-bit or Qubit: Definition of qubits as units of 4
quantum information. Comparison of qubits with classical bits.
5. Entanglement: Quantum entanglement- definition and 5
elementary properties. Bell’s states and GHZ –states as
entangled states.
6. Measurement : Measures of quantum entanglement through 8
quantum entropy. Uses of entangled states as quantum
information resources. Maximally entangled states. The
quantum no-cloning theorem. The quantum no-deletion
principle.
7. Teleportation: Transmission of quantum information. The 4
teleportation protocols for single qubits and multi-qubits.
First half: Sl. No. 1,2,3,4 Second half: Sl. No.5,6,7 42
Suggested Reading:
(1) Quantum Computation and Quantum Information – Michael A. Nielsen and Isaac L.
Chuang, Cambridge University Press (2010).
(2) A Text Book of Quantum Mechanics – P. M. Mathews and K. Venkatesan, McGraw Hill
Education (India) Private Limited (1978).
(3) Information Theory, Inference and Learning Algorithm- David J. C. Mackay, Cambridge
University Press (2003).

Information and Fuzzy Systems (MA-531/1)

Weekly contact periods: 2-1-0 Full Marks: 100 Credit – 3

Sl. Module and Topics No. of
No. Lecturer
Classes
1. Information theory: Introduction - Axioms of Information 4
- Mathematical expression of information - Units of
information
2. Measure of information: Entropy, properties of entropy, Joint 6
and conditional entropy, Weighted entropy ,Some results of
information
3. Types of channel: Channel, Axioms of uncertainty and its 8
mathematical derivation
4. Measure of uncertainty for continuous variables: 8
uncertainty for continuous variables, Properties, Different
problems and related applications
5. Fuzzy set theory: Basic fuzzy set theory and their properties 4
6. Fuzzy number: Triangular fuzzy number, Trapezoidal fuzzy 6
number and their arithmetic operations
7. Fuzzy decision making: Decision making process and fuzzy 6
decision making process, some real life applications, basic
fuzzy optimization
First half: Sl. No. 1,2,3,4 Second half: Sl. No. 5,6,7 42

Suggested Reading: (1)Information Theory – Karameshu (2) Information Theory and

Applications – Giashu (3) Fuzzy Set Theory and its Applications – H – J Zimmermann (4)
An Introduction to Fuzzy Logic and Fuzzy Sets – J. Buckley